Blotter



L. V. ARONSON.

BLOTTER.

APPLlcATloN FILED FvE.12.1921.

'Patented Apr. 4, 1922.

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LOUIS V. ARNSON, 0F NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

BLOTTER.

Application filed February 12, 1921.

To ZZ whom z5 may concern.'

Be it known that I, LoUrs V. jnonson, a citizen of the United States, residing in Newark, in the county of Essex and State ot' New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Blotters, ot' which the following is a specification.

rIhe purpose of this invention is primarily to produce a blotter support or' unusually attractive appearance, lightness and strength, on which the blotter sheets are held distended over a curved resilient plate.

Another object is to provide means whereby one or more sheets may be attached or disengaged in a simple and expeditious lltnllel".

A further purpose is to provide a blotter support having a reenforced contact surface and a relatively stiff handle element convenient oit manipulation.

These and other like objects are attained by the novel design, construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and shown in the accompanying drawings, forming an essential part oi' this specification, and in which Figure l is a top plan view of a blotter made in accordance with the invention.

Figure 2 is a side elevational view of the same.

Figure 3 is a central transverse sectional view taken on line 8-3 of Figure 2.

Stated generally, the device consists ot two parts only, one being a. curved backing plate against which the blotter sheets rest, the ends of the plate, together with the sheets, being inserted within open, curved recesses in the corresponding portions of the handle.

In order to obtain proper stili-'ness to the plate a. ridge is formed lengthwise in it, and the handle is stiiiened by inturned flanges along its lower marginal edges, rendering it, in connection with the peculiar 'form in which it is produced, essentially rigid and providing an efficient grip.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, the backing element, designated by the numeral l0, is made from a sheet of thin resilient metal, as steel, of uniform width, arranged in the form oit an elongated rectangle, its side and end edges being smoothed, the said end edges designed to act as slide elements.

A raised ridge or rib 11 is formed to extend along the upper convex side of the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 4, 1922.

Serial No. 444,441.

plate, nearly from end to end and preferably at the center, but it will be understood that more than one rib may be used and disposed in any desired manner.

L truss or girder shaped handle of convenient form .'l'or manipulative operation, is formed from another plate having a curved upper element 15, bowed oppositely from the plate 10has at the extremities 16- of its main curved portion raised, reentrant'ly curved recesses 17 open, as at 18, along their entire length on their under side and adapted to receive the ends or slide elements or' the plate l0 together with one or more sheets of 4blotting material 20, the same being entered laterally or by springing the plate 1G to a lesser radius and inserting into the, openings 17 from the bottom, the blotter sheets being frictionally held in operative position against the face of the plate l0.

The side elements 2l of the handle are bent downward from the top l5 to a level plane 22 and are concavely curvedequally on both sides from points near the extremities 16 to the highest central part 23 of the handle, while their bottom edges are turned inward forming narrow iianges 2a which materially stiffen the handle structure ren dering it rigid under the application of applied pressure.

These several parts are obviously cheaply constructed, presenting a light but strong blotter support which may be iinished by plating or enamel as preferred.

I/Vhile certain preferred embodiments ot this device have been shown and described, it will be understood that changes in the 'orm, arrangements, proportions, sizes and details thereof may be made without departing from the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I desire to secure by Letters Patent and claim, is

l. A blotter support comprising a resilient metallic plate uniformly curved from end to end, a reenforcing rib integral with the concave side of said plate, and a truss shaped handle engageable with the end elements of said plate, said handle narrowing on both sides towards its central highest point.

2. A' blotter support comprising a yielding outwardly bowed flat plate having. slide elements at its ends, a metal handle having its end shaped to enclose said slide elements their full width, the truss shaped handle body being hollow presenting symmetrical side elements curved inwardly, and npwardly towards the center and nturned flanges formed with the level bottom edges of said side elements.

3. A blotter comprising a resilient sheet metal plate curved outwardly into the arc of a circle, an integral rib extending centrally along the concave side of said plate, a truss shaped handle having curved end edges engageable with the ends of said plate and with hlotter sheets disposed therebe- 

